WAYNE — A Pequannock man died earlier this month from injuries he received when he was struck by a car in a Burger King parking lot, police said.

A Pequannock man died from injuries sustained on June 2 when he was struck by a car in a Burger King parking lot, Wayne police said. File photo

Ramiro Soperanez, 43, was running through the parking lot of the Route 23 restaurant on June 2 at around 10 p.m. when he was hit by a 1999 Ford Taurus operated by Taylor Inglis, 20, of Pompton Plains, Wayne Police Lt. Paul Dring said.

Inglis was traveling eastbound through the Burger King parking lot from the Newark-Pompton Turnpike in order to travel onto Route 23, Dring said.

Soperanez was rendered unconscious in the crash, and he was transported to St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center in critical condition, Dring said.

Soperanez died from his injuries the next day, Dring said.

No charges have been filed at this
time, but the investigation is ongoing, Dring said.

Anyone who may have witnessed the crash can contact the Wayne Police Department's Traffic Bureau at
973-633-3520.